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Zhang et al. 2004
Zhang, Y., Paxton, L.J., Meng, C.-I., Morrison, D., Wolven, B., Kil, H. and Christensen, A.B. (2004). Double dayside detached auroras: TIMED/GUVI observations. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2003GL018949. issn: 0094-8276.

On August 19, 2003, TIMED/GUVI detected, for the first time, two separated (double) dayside detached auroras (D-DDA) simultaneously in all the GUVI channels, 121.6 nm, 135.6 nm, LBHS, and LBHL. The D-DDA was located at magnetic latitudes around -57¿ and -63¿ (L shell 3.4 and 4.9) in the 0900--1030 MLT region. The high-latitude part of the D-DDA is much brighter than the low-latitude part. DMSP particle observation indicates that the source of the D-DDA is energetic (~10 keV) precipitating protons/electrons from the ring current due to the solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements <Zhang et al., 2002> and/or northward turning of the IMF Bz. Observations of the D-DDA provide the first single-event evidence of multiple peaks in the statistical distribution of proton fluxes at energetic around and below 10 keV at low L-shells <Milillo et al., 2001>.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Magnetospheric Physics, Auroral phenomena, Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, precipitating, Magnetospheric Physics, Ring current
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Geophysical Research Letters
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